Book Review: This Non-Violent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made The Civil Rights Movement Possible
By Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
In my mind few American social movements have the gravitas and drama of...
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08 July 2015
If you ever doubt the importance of good fathering, see Amy.
The documentary is about the sad life of Amy Winehouse (1983-2011), a British singer-songwriter whose name was almost synonymous with “self-destructive genius...
03 July 2015
I have been fascinated by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis since I was a young girl. This fascination at times has spilled over on other members of her family, including the president. Yet even I wonder if there is...
04 June 2015
One may wonder what there is new to say about the civil rights movement. In the immediate aftermath of Barack Obama’s first election it seemed to some as though the entire movement completed its mission and could be summed...
30 May 2015
Book Review: A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life By Allyson Hobbs
Reading A Chosen Exile reminded me of an incident I experienced as a young lady. When I was growing up-I’m a Baby Boomer...
26 April 2015
As someone who has a master’s degree in political science, I am somewhat embarrassed
to say that my first reaction to the congressional hearings on Watergate was one of extreme
annoyance: the networks cancelled all regular programming...
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